charnel

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English - English
Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral

Here Faith died, poisoned by this charnel air.

A chapel attached to a mortuary
A repository for dead bodies
Containing the bodies of the dead
{i} place where dead bodies are stored
A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery
{s} of a charnel; deathly
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead; "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"; "ghastly shrieks"; "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
charnel house
a vault or other building in which the bones of the dead are stored
charnel houses
plural form of charnel house
charnel house
a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited
charnel house
A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored. a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored (charnel, from carnale, from carnalis; CARNAL)
charnel house
vault or place where dead bodies and bones are stored; place wherein there is much physical distress and pain and loss of life (e.g., "the bombarding turned the buildings into a charnel house")
charnel

    Hyphenation

    char·nel

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'chär-n&l ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin, neuter of carnalis of the flesh; more at CARNAL.
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